Correlation analysis of visual field thresholds and scanning laser ophthalmoscopic optic nerve head measurements in glaucoma

Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2003 May;23(3):233-42. doi: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00111.x.

Abstract

In a cross-sectional study of 50 consecutive primary open-angle glaucoma cases, full threshold 30-2 visual fields on Humphrey Visual Field Analyser were correlated to stereometric parameters obtained using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (HRT II). The strength of linear correlation between the stereometric parameters and visual thresholds was used to generate a correspondence map between the optic disc and the visual field. Rim/disc area ratio and cup/disc area ratio correlated with the visual thresholds at the highest number of points in the visual fields. Thresholds at superior hemifield locations correlated best with the rim/disc area ratio and cup/disc area ratio in the inferonasal sector and the ones in the inferior hemifield correlated best with the rim/disc area ratio and cup/disc area ratio in the superotemporal sector. Optic disc parameters correlated better with inferior field locations and non-edge points than superior field locations and edge points. The data indicate that rim/disc area ratio and cup/disc area ratio measurements on HRT II have a good correlation with visual field damage seen on automated visual fields.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Middle Aged
  • Ophthalmoscopes
  • Optic Disk / pathology*
  • Sensory Thresholds
  • Visual Field Tests / instrumentation
  • Visual Field Tests / methods
  • Visual Fields